RoHS Compliant Compact Flash 4 Series Specification for Industrial CF November 17, 2009 Version 1.1 Apacer Technology Inc. 4 th Fl., 75 Hsin Tai Wu Rd., Sec.1, Hsichih, Taipei Hsien 221, Taiwan Tel: +886-2-2698-2888 Fax: +886-2-2698-2889 www.apacer.com
Features: CompactFlash Association Specification Revision 4.1 Standard Interface 512 bytes per sector ATA command set compatible ATA mode support for up to: PIO Mode-6 Multiword DMA Mode-4 Ultra DMA Mode-6 Capacities 256, 512 MB 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 GB Sustained read performance Up to 50 MB/sec Sustained write performance Up to 21 MB/sec Flash management Advanced wear-leveling algorithms to substantially increase longevity of flash media Built-in ECC support for correcting up to 8/15 random single-bit errors per 512- byte sector Read Recovery Technology Power Failure Recovery S.M.A.R.T. Technology NAND Flash Type: SLC *Extended Temperature Temperature ranges Operation: 0 C to 70 C (Standard) -40 C to 85 C(ET*) Storage: -40 C to 100 C Support for voltage read and write operations 3.3 V or 5 V Low power consumption (typical) Active mode: 95 ma/ 90 ma (3.3 V/ 5 V) Sleep mode: 0.2 ma/ 0.2 ma (3.3 V/ 5 V) Connector Type 50 pins female Physical Dimensions 36.4mm x 42.8mm x 3.3mm RoHS compliant 1
Table of Contents 1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION... 3 1.1 PERFORMANCE-OPTIMIZED CONTROLLER... 3 1.1.1 FIFO Buffer... 3 1.1.2 Error Correction Code (ECC)... 3 2. FUNCTIONAL BLOCK... 4 3. PIN ASSIGNMENTS... 5 4. CAPACITY SPECIFICATION... 7 4.1 PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATION... 7 4.2 ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS... 7 5. FLASH MANAGEMENT... 8 5.1 ADVANCED WEAR LEVELING... 8 5.2 READ RECOVERY TECHNOLOGY... 8 5.3 POWER FAILURE RECOVERY... 8 5.4 S.M.A.R.T. TECHNOLOGY... 8 6. SOFTWARE INTERFACE... 9 6.1 CF-ATA COMMAND SET... 9 7. ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATION... 11 7.1 ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS... 11 7.2 RECOMMENDED OPERATING CONDITIONS... 11 7.3 DC CHARACTERISTICS... 12 7.4 CAPACITANCE... 12 7.5 INTEGRATED SERIES TERMINATION RESISTOR... 12 7.6 POWER SUPPLY SEQUENCE... 13 7.7 SETUP TIME... 13 8. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS... 14 8.1 DIMENSION... 14 9. PRODUCT ORDERING INFORMATION... 15 9.1 PRODUCT CODE DESIGNATIONS... 15 9.2 VALID COMBINATIONS... 16 9.2.1 Standard Temperature... 16 9.2.2 Extended Temperature... 18 2
1. General Description Apacer s Compact Flash 4 offers the most reliable and high performance storage which is compatible with CF Type I and Type II devise. Unlike the others, Apacer Compact Flash 4 provides solid traceability to ensure all products HW/SW are the same as you qualified. Apacer s Compact Flash 4 complies with the interfaces, such as the commands, timings, and protocols based on the Compact Flash Specification (CFA standard), and operates as the PC Card ATA interface providing complete PCMCIA - ATA functionality and compatibility. Apacer s Compact Flash 4 is designed for use in Point of Sale (POS) terminals, telecom, IP-STB, medical instruments, surveillance systems, industrial PCs and handheld applications. 1.1 Performance-Optimized Controller Compact Flash 4 Controller translates standard CF signals into flash media data and control signals. 1.1.1 FIFO Buffer Compact Flash 4 Controller performs as an FIFO buffer to optimize the host s data transfer to and from the flash media for reliable storage via performing data correction and moving data to another block in case of the correctable error. 1.1.2 Error Correction Code (ECC) Compact Flash 4 adopts Error Detection Code (EDC) and Error Correction Code (ECC) algorithms which correct up to 8/15 random single-bit errors for each 512-byte block of data. High performance is achieved through hardware-based error detection and correction. 3
2. Functional Block Compact Flash 4 Card includes a controller and flash media, as well as the standard Compact Flash interface. Figure 2-1 shows the functional block diagram. Flash Array Flash Media Compact Flash Interface Compact Flash Controller Flash Media Flash Media Flash Media Figure 2-1: Functional block diagram 4
3. Pin Assignments Table 3-1 lists the pin assignments with respective signal names for the 50-pin configuration. A # suffix indicates the active low signal. The pin type can be input, output or input/output. Pin No. Table 3-1: Pin assignments (1 of 2) Memory card mode I/O card mode True IDE mode Signal name Pin I/O type Signal name Pin I/O type Signal name Pin I/O type 1 GND - GND - GND - 2 D3 I/O D3 I/O D3 I/O 3 D4 I/O D4 I/O D4 I/O 4 D5 I/O D5 I/O D5 I/O 5 D6 I/O D6 I/O D6 I/O 6 D7 I/O D7 I/O D7 I/O 7 #CE1 I #CE1 I #CS0 I 8 A10 I A10 I A10 1 I 9 #OE I #OE I #ATA SEL I 10 A9 I A9 I A9 1 I 11 A8 I A8 I A8 1 I 12 A7 I A7 I A7 1 I 13 VCC - VCC - VCC - 14 A6 I A6 I A6 1 I 15 A5 I A5 I A5 1 I 16 A4 I A4 I A4 1 I 17 A3 I A3 I A3 1 I 18 A2 I A2 I A2 I 19 A1 I A1 I A1 I 20 A0 I A0 I A0 I 21 D0 I/O D0 I/O D0 I/O 22 D1 I/O D1 I/O D1 I/O 23 D2 I/O D2 I/O D2 I/O 24 WP O #IOIS16 O #IOCS16 O 25 #CD2 O #CD2 O #CD2 O 26 #CD1 O #CD1 O #CD1 O 27 D11 I/O D11 I/O D11 I/O 28 D12 I/O D12 I/O D12 I/O 29 D13 I/O D13 I/O D13 I/O 30 D14 I/O D14 I/O D14 I/O 31 D15 I/O D15 I/O D15 I/O 32 #CE2 I #CE2 I #CS1 I 33 #VS1 O #VS1 O #VS1 O 34 #IORD I #IORD I #IORD I 35 #IOWR I #IOWR I #IOWR I 36 #WE I #WE I #WE I 37 RDY/-BSY O #IREQ O INTRQ O 38 VCC - VCC - VCC - 39 #CSEL I #CSEL I #CSEL I 40 #VS2 O #VS2 O #VS2 O 41 RESET I RESET I #RESET I 5
Pin No. Table 3-1: Pin assignments (2 of 2) Memory card mode I/O card mode True IDE mode Signal name Pin I/O type Signal name Pin I/O type Signal name Pin I/O type 42 #WAIT O #WAIT O IORDY O 43 #INPACK O #INPACK O DMARQ 2 O 44 #REG I #REG I DMACK 2 I 45 BVD2 O #SPKR O #DASP O 46 BVD1 O #STSCHG O #PDIAG O 47 D8 I/O D8 I/O D8 I/O 48 D9 I/O D9 I/O D9 I/O 49 D10 I/O D10 I/O D10 I/O 50 GND - GND - GND - 1. The signal should be grounded by the host. 2. Connection required when UDMA is in use. 6
4. Capacity Specification Capacity specification of Compact Flash 4 series is available as shown in Table 4-1. It lists the specific capacity and the default numbers of heads, sectors and cylinders for each product line. Table 4-1: Capacity specifications Capacity Total bytes 1,2 Cylinders Heads Sectors Max LBA 256 MB 256,901,120 980 16 32 501,760 512 MB 512,483,328 993 16 63 1,000,944 1GB 1,024,966,656 1,986 16 63 2,001,888 2GB 2,048,901,120 3,970 16 63 4,001,760 4GB 4,110,188,544 7,964 16 63 8,027,712 8GB 8,195,604,480 15,880 16 63 16,007,040 16GB 16,391,208,960 16,383 3 16 63 32,014,080 1. Total bytes includes reserved block. 2. Display of total bytes varies from operating systems. 3. Cylinders, heads or sectors are not applicable for these capacities. Only LBA addressing applies 4.1 Performance Specification Performances of Compact Flash 4 are listed below. Table 4-2: Performance specifications Capacity 256 MB 512 MB 4 GB/ 8 GB 16 GB Performance 1 GB/ 2 GB Sustained read (MB/s) 32 43 46 50 Sustained write (MB/s) 10 15~17 17 21 4.2 Environmental Specifications Environmental specification of Compact Flash 4 series follows the MIL-STD-810F standards as shown in Table 4-3. Table 4-3: Environmental specifications Environment Temperature Humidity Vibration (Non-Operation) Shock (Non-Operation) Specification Operation 0 C to 70 C; -40 C to 85 C (Extended Temperature) Storage -40 C to 100 C 5% to 95% RH (Non-condensing) Sine wave: 10~2000Hz, 15G (X, Y, Z axes) Half sine wave, Peak acceleration 50 G, 11 ms (X, Y, Z ; All 6 axes) 7
5. Flash Management 5.1 Advanced Wear Leveling The goal of advanced wear leveling algorithms is to evenly spread the program and erase cycles on the area of programmed and erased multiple times and the area of programmed one and read multiple times among the available blocks in the flash array. 5.2 Read Recovery Technology Read Recovery Technology enables reliable storage. When it is detected correctable error during read command operation, all data of related block is corrected and is moved to other block. Since it continues to read data after recovery operation, read data is the same as no error data for host system. However, since data transfer is stopped temporarily, the output time of BSY signal becomes long. In order to perform Read Command Recovery, it is necessary to set up the threshold for the number of detected error bit. Read Command Recovery is performed by following commands. READ DMA READ MULTIPLE READ SECTOR(S) READ VERIFY SECTOR(S) 5.3 Power Failure Recovery The controller enables to reduce data loss in case of sudden power fail. Once power was failure before cached data writing back into flash, data in the cache will lost. The next time the power is on, the controller will check these fragmented data segment, and, if necessary, replace them with old data kept in flash until programmed successfully. 5.4 S.M.A.R.T. Technology S.M.A.R.T. is an acronym for Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology and enables to expect the endurance of flash memory. The S.M.A.R.T. function protects the user from unexpected fault of product. The S.M.A.R.T function enables to predict the occurrence of near-term degradation or fault conditions by monitoring and storing critical parameters of flash memory (ex. Number of bad block, maximum number of erase, etc). The host system is warned of a negative reliability condition which is the impending risk of data loss by the S.M.A.R.T. function. Then the user can take appropriate action to minimize the risk. 8
6. Software Interface 6.1 CF-ATA Command Set Table 6-1 summarizes the CF-ATA command set with the paragraphs that follow describing the individual commands and the task file for each. Table 6-1: CFC-ATA command set (1/2) Command Code Command Protocol CFA Erase-Sector(s) C0H Non-data CFA Request Extended Error Code 03H Non-data CFA Translate-Sector 87H PIO data-in CFA Write-Multiple-Without-Erase CDH PIO data-out CFA Write-Sector(s)-Without-Erase 38H PIO data-out Check-Power-Mode E5H or 98H Non-data Download Microcode 92H PIO data-out Execute-Drive-Diagnostic 90H Device Diagnostic Flush-Cache E7H Non-data Format-Track 50H PIO data-out Identify-Drive ECH PIO data-in Idle E3H or 97H Non-data Idle-Immediate E1H or 95H Non-data Initialize-Drive-Parameters 91H Non-data NOP 00H Non-data Read-Buffer E4H PIO data-in Read DMA C8H or C9H DMA Read Long 22h or 23h PIO data-in Read-Multiple C4H PIO data-in Read-Sector(s) 20H or 21H PIO data-in Read-Verify-Sector(s) 40H or 41H Non-data Recalibrate 1XH Non-data Security Disable Password F6H PIO data-out Security Erase Prepare F3H Non-data Security Erase Unit F4H PIO data-out Security Freeze Lock F5H Non-data Security Set Password F1H PIO data-out Security Unlock F2H PIO data-out 9
Table 6-1: CFC-ATA command set (2/2) Command Code Command Protocol Seek 7XH Non-data Set-Features EFH Non-data Set-Multiple-mode C6H Non-data Sleep E6H or 99H Non-data SMART Disable Operations B0H Non-data SMART Enable/Disable Attribute Autosave B0H Non-data SMART Enable Operations B0H Non-data SMART Read Attribute Thresholds B0H PIO data-in SMART Read Data B0H PIO data-in SMART Read Log B0H PIO data-in SMART Return Status B0H Non-data Standby E2H or 96H Non-data Standby-Immediate E0H or 94H Non-data Write Buffer E8H PIO data-out Write DMA CAH or CBH DMA Write Long 32H or 33H PIO data-out Write Multiple C5H PIO data-out Write Sector(s) 30H or 31H PIO data Write Verify 3CH PIO data Write Level F5H Non-data 10
7. Electrical Specification 7.1 Absolute Maximum Ratings Caution: Absolute Maximum Ratings Applied conditions greater than those listed under Absolute Maximum Ratings may cause permanent damage to the device. This is a stress rating only and functional operation of the device at these conditions or conditions greater than those defined in the operational sections of this data sheet is not implied. Exposure to absolute maximum rating conditions may affect device reliability. Table 7-1: Absolute maximum ratings (Based on GND [0V]) Item Symbol Rated Value Unit Condition Power supply voltage VDDIO -0.5~+4.6 V Input voltage Output current V IN (Standard) -0.5~+4.6 V V IN < VDDIO+0.5V V IN (5V-Tolerant) -0.5~+6.6 (The power is supplied) V V IN < VDDIO+3V ±11 ma 3mA buffer I OUT ±21 ma 6mA buffer ±29 ma 9mA buffer ±45 ma 12mA buffer Storage temperature T STG -40~+100 7.2 Recommended Operating Conditions Table 7-2: Recommended Operating Conditions Item Symbol Rated Value Unit Condition V IN (Standard) 2.7~3.6 V Input voltage V IN (5V-Tolerant) 4.5~5.5 V Operating ambient temperature T A -40~+85 11
7.3 DC Characteristics Table 7-3: DC Characteristics (@ VDDIO=3.3V) Item Symbol Standard Value Min Typ Max Unit Measurement Condition Input voltage V IH 2.0 VDDIO V (TTL level) V IL 0 0.7 V VDDIO=2.7V Schmidt trigger input (TTL level) Output voltage V + 1.2 2.4 V V - 0.6 1.8 V V h 0.3 1.5 V V OH VDDIO-0.1 V I OH =0mA V OL 0.1 V I OL =0mA I IH -10 +10 ua V IN =VDDIO Input leak current I IL -10 +10 ua V IN =VSS Output leak current I OZ -10 +10 ua Hi-Z state Pull-up resistance R PU 14.2 31.9 80.7 kω V IN =VSS Pull-down resistance R PD 20.6 44.9 116.4 kω V IN =VDDIO I CC33udma6 40 ma UDMA mode 6 (when 2ch interleave) Current (VDDIO) consumption I CC33pio6 20 ma PIO mode 6 (when 2ch interleave) I CC33idl 2 ma IDLE I CC33slp 0.1 ma SLEEP 7.4 Capacitance Table 7-4: Capacitance Item Symbol Min Typ Max Unit Input Pin Capacitance (5V-Tolerant) C i (5V-Tolerant) 7 11 pf I/O Pin Capacitance (5V-Tolerant) C io (5V-Tolerant) 7 11 pf 7.5 Integrated Series Termination Resistor Table 7-5: Integrated Series Termination Resistor Item Symbol Min Typ Max Unit Terminator Resistance R term 27 33 39 Ω INTRQ, #INPACK, IORDY, DMACK, #CS0, #CS1, #IORD, #IOWR, A[2:0] and D[15:0] (IDE mode) signals that have integrated series termination resistors. 12
7.6 Power Supply Sequence The controller is an IC that functions at 3.3V for the I/O power supply. There power supplies will deliver power to the chip externally, but a through current may occur inside the chip depending on the power-on and power-off sequence. For this reason, the power supply should be turned on and off simultaneously for reliability. Refer to figure 7-1. Turn on condition Time difference of VDDIO*0 to both VDDIO*0.9 is less than 100[ms]. Turn off condition Time difference of VDDIO*0.9 to both VDDIO*0.1 is less than 100[ms]. 5V tolerant buffer Before/after power supply is turned on/off, it must not apply 5V voltage. 7.7 Setup Time Figure 7-1 Power ON/OFF Sequence Hardware reset time (reset release to a ready state) is less than about 100 [ms] in PC Card/HOST Memory Bus mode. For IDE mode, it is less than about 450 [ms] when master connection, and is less than about 250 [ms] when slave connection. Setup time does not depend on the total capacity of connected flash memory. 13
8. Physical Characteristics 8.1 Dimension TABLE 8-1: Type I CFC physical specification Length: 36.40 +/- 0.15mm (1.433+/- 0.06 in.) Width: 42.80 +/- 0.10mm (1.685+/- 0.04 in.) Thickness (Including Label Area): 3.3mm+/-0.10mm (0.130+/-0.04in.) Unit: mm FIGURE 8-1: Physical dimension 14
9. Product Ordering Information 9.1 Product Code Designations A P CF x x x x A 5 X S XXXXXX Specification RM: Removable NR: Non-Removable NDRM: Non-DMA + Removable NDNR: Non-DMA + Non-Removable ETRM: Ext. Temp. + Removable ETNR: Ext. Temp. + Non-Removable ETNDRM: Ext. Temp + Non-DMA + Removable ETNDNR: Ext. Temp + Non-DMA + Non-Removable Halogen Free Compliant Configuration F:Dual Channel G:Dual Channel + Interleave CTL Type CFC Type Capacities: 256M 256MB 512M 512MB 001G: 1GB 002G 2GB 004G: 4GB 008G 8GB 016G 16GB Model Name Apacer Product Code 15
9.2 Valid Combinations 9.2.1 Standard Temperature 9.2.1.1 Removable Capacity 256MB 512MB 1GB 2GB 4GB 8GB 16GB AP/N AP-CF256MA5FS-RM AP-CF512MA5GS-RM AP-CF001GA5GS-RM AP-CF002GA5GS-RM AP-CF004GA5GS-RM AP-CF008GA5GS-RM AP-CF016GA5GS-RM 9.2.1.2 Non-Removable Capacity 256MB 512MB 1GB 2GB 4GB 8GB 16GB AP/N AP-CF256MA5FS-NR AP-CF512MA5GS-NR AP-CF001GA5GS-NR AP-CF002GA5GS-NR AP-CF004GA5GS-NR AP-CF008GA5GS-NR AP-CF016GA5GS-NR 16
9.2.1.3 Non-DMA + Removable Capacity 256MB 512MB 1GB 2GB 4GB 8GB 16GB AP/N AP-CF256MA5FS-NDRM AP-CF512MA5GS-NDRM AP-CF001GA5GS-NDRM AP-CF002GA5GS-NDRM AP-CF004GA5GS-NDRM AP-CF008GA5GS-NDRM AP-CF016GA5GS-NDRM 9.2.1.4 Non-DMA + Non-Removable Capacity 256MB 512MB 1GB 2GB 4GB 8GB 16GB AP/N AP-CF256MA5FS-NDNR AP-CF512MA5GS-NDNR AP-CF001GA5GS-NDNR AP-CF002GA5GS-NDNR AP-CF004GA5GS-NDNR AP-CF008GA5GS-NDNR AP-CF016GA5GS-NDNR Note: Valid combinations are those products in mass production or will be in mass production. Consult your Apacer sales representative to confirm availability of valid combinations and to determine availability of new combinations. 17
9.2.2 Extended Temperature 9.2.2.1 Ext. Temp. + Removable Capacity 256MB 512MB 1GB 2GB 4GB 8GB 16GB AP/N AP-CF256MA5FS-ETRM AP-CF512MA5GS-ETRM AP-CF001GA5GS-ETRM AP-CF002GA5GS-ETRM AP-CF004GA5GS-ETRM AP-CF008GA5GS-ETRM AP-CF016GA5GS-ETRM 9.2.2.2 Ext. Temp. + Non-Removable Capacity 256MB 512MB 1GB 2GB 4GB 8GB 16GB AP/N AP-CF256MA5FS-ETNR AP-CF512MA5GS-ETNR AP-CF001GA5GS-ETNR AP-CF002GA5GS-ETNR AP-CF004GA5GS-ETNR AP-CF008GA5GS-ETNR AP-CF016GA5GS-ETNR 18
9.2.2.3 Ext. Temp. + Non-DMA + Removable Capacity 256MB 512MB 1GB 2GB 4GB 8GB 16GB AP/N AP-CF256MA5FS-ETNDRM AP-CF512MA5GS-ETNDRM AP-CF001GA5GS-ETNDRM AP-CF002GA5GS-ETNDRM AP-CF004GA5GS-ETNDRM AP-CF008GA5GS-ETNDRM AP-CF016GA5GS-ETNDRM 9.2.2.4 Ext. Temp. + Non-DMA + Non-Removable Capacity 256MB 512MB 1GB 2GB 4GB 8GB 16GB AP/N AP-CF256MA5FS-ETNDNR AP-CF512MA5GS-ETNDNR AP-CF001GA5GS-ETNDNR AP-CF002GA5GS-ETNDNR AP-CF004GA5GS-ETNDNR AP-CF008GA5GS-ETNDNR AP-CF016GA5GS-ETNDNR Note: Valid combinations are those products in mass production or will be in mass production. Consult your Apacer sales representative to confirm availability of valid combinations and to determine availability of new combinations. 19
Revision History Revision Date Description Remark 0.1 07/31/2009 Preliminary 0.2 08/06/2009 Context revised 0.3 08/10/2009 Modified pin assignments 0.4 08/11/2009 Context revised 1.0 10/21/2009 Official release 1.1 11/17/2009 Command set revised 20
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